BUG: Blinking Hourglass When Expanding Object in Watch Window (193010)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition for Windows 6.0
  • Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition for Windows 6.0
This article was previously published under Q193010

SYMPTOMS

While expanding an object in the Watch Window, the mouse pointer (cursor) becomes a blinking hourglass, and Visual Basic appears to stop responding.

CAUSE

The run object being expanded contains member objects (clientsessions) that have run member objects that are the same instance as the parent run. (This is a circular reference.)

NOTE: The problem appears to only occur with objects that access a Microsoft Transaction Server (MTS) component.

RESOLUTION

To stop the blinking hourglass, press the CTRL+BREAK key combination. If the hourglass does not stop blinking, press the CTRL+ALT+DEL key combination to get to the Close Programs dialog box in Windows 95 and later, or the Task Manager in NT 4.0 and later. From there, select the program, and click End Task.

To work around the problem, print the information to the Immediate window instead of the Watch window using one of the following alternatives:

  • Use Debug.Print in the code. -or-

  • Use the Print method (or ?) directly in the Immediate window.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

REFERENCES

MSDN Library Visual Studio 6.0: Visual Basic Documentation; Using Visual Basic; Programmer's Guide (All Editions); Part 2: What Can You Do With Visual Basic?; Debugging Your Code and Handling Errors; Using the Debugging Windows
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:10/15/2002
Keywords:kbBug kbDebug kbDSupport KB193010
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